منع عربات البيع المتنقلة من العمل الساعة 12 ليلاً.. إلا بتصريح

The Ministry of Municipalities and Housing has specified the locations where mobile carts are prohibited from parking, as part of the municipal requirements presented for public consultation. The project aims to develop and improve the business environment in a way that meets the aspirations and general goals of individuals and society, and to assist those wishing to invest in this field. It also seeks to organize mobile commercial activities related to health, food, and non-food by identifying suitable locations for conducting activities and raising food safety standards.

The ministry indicated the locations where mobile carts are allowed to park, including government facilities, private sector areas, public spaces, events, investment sites, and municipal incubators.

It prohibited their presence at traffic signals, road intersections, entrances and exits of main and secondary roads, and on roads with high traffic density, in addition to locations designated for police, traffic, civil defense, ambulances, and spaces for people with disabilities.

It also prohibited their presence in areas where activities are not allowed by the municipal sector or parking next to sources of environmental pollutants such as waste dumps, gas emissions, smoke, sewage sites, and others.

Among the locations where mobile carts are prohibited are emergency exits or evacuation gathering points near facilities, or parking next to fuel stations and gas shops.

The ministry specified the special requirements for parking in private commercial complexes, ensuring that it does not negatively affect the capacity of parking spaces and traffic flow.

The owner of the cart must manufacture it in factories registered with the Saudi Standards, Metrology and Quality Organization, obtain a municipal license, and a site permit before starting operations. The license holder must obtain a sidewalk occupancy permit if they wish to use the area surrounding the cart and trailer or semi-trailer.

Prohibited after 12 midnight

The regulations prohibit conducting activities after 12 midnight for all activities without obtaining a 24-hour permit. Smoking inside the cart, trailer, or semi-trailer is prohibited, as is the use of loudspeakers or moving external speakers, except for carts, trailers, and semi-trailers participating in events.

Preparing meals for food activities outside the cart is prohibited. If charcoal and firewood are used for food activities in meal or beverage preparation, it must be in a separate cart (trailer). Closing parking spaces or placing signs that prohibit parking for non-customers is also prohibited, and the cart's waste must be cleaned and removed from the site before leaving.

According to the regulations, all workers in the health and food cart must obtain a health certificate.

All food handlers must be in good health, and any worker showing symptoms related to a contagious intestinal disease must be removed from work and dismissed.

No rashes.. No coughing.. No nail polish

The worker must not have any skin diseases or wounds or sores that exude secretions on any exposed part of the body; and no secretions should come from their eyes or nose. They are allowed to work if the wound is superficial, clean, and covered with bandages. Food handlers with diseases transmitted through food must not return to work until all symptoms of the illness have completely disappeared and after the end of the sick leave issued by the competent authority.

The regulations emphasize the prohibition of practices that may cause food contamination in food handling areas, including smoking, using electronic cigarettes, consuming tobacco, chewing food, eating, sneezing, coughing, or spitting over unprotected food or surfaces that come into contact with food, touching ready-to-eat food without gloves, tasting food with fingers, touching hair or other body parts such as the nose, eyes, or ears, wearing wristwatches or jewelry, and using cosmetics such as nails, false eyelashes, or nail polish.